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A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize with the soldiers involved and the local people into whose lives and lands the battle intruded…Both Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler are themselves experienced guides who understand what visitors to Gettysburg are interested in, but they also bring the unique perspectives of a scholar and a former...
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"In the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, more than 7,000 people died in the bloodiest battle fought to date on U.S. soil. It's easy to imagine that some of those people still walk the battlefield today! This book gives readers the chance to look back in time at the history of Gettysburg, from the first shots fired to the desperate, bloody fight to the Confederacy's final retreat. Primary sources highlight the battle's historical context...
4) Gettysburg
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Focuses on the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and its importance in the context of the entire conflict, and examines related sites that can be visited today.
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Winner of The Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award, for Reference, 2009. Some two million people visit the battlefield at Gettysburg each year. It is one of the most popular historical destinations in the United States. Most visitors tour the field by following the National Park Service's suggested auto tour. The standard tour, however, skips crucial monuments, markers, battle actions, town sites, hospital locations, and other hidden...
6) Gettysburg
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Briefly describes the Civil War battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln's moving speech there, and the present day military park that serves as the memorial.
7) Gettysburg
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"Learn all about Gettysburg National Military Park, from which historic events occurred there to what it is like to visit today."--Provided by publisher.
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"Send a Ranger: My Life Serving the National Parks is the story of one park ranger's journey from Gettysburg to Denali and back, raising a family, contending with bears, and rescuing hikers, in four national parks over more than 30 years. Interspersed with real-time journal entries, these reflective, engaging, stories illustrate the real life of a national park ranger"--